Pope Francis meets immigrants and representatives of Caritas Internationalis during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 27. Caritas Internationalis was kicking off its "Share the Journey" campaign in support of immigrants. (CNS/Paul Haring)
News:
The big news out of the Vatican today is the pope's new two-year campaign to welcome migrants and refugees. Joshua McElwee has the details.
Let's hope the Trump administration heeds the pope's campaign. Catholics organizations that help immigrants here in the U.S. are decrying the halting of special immigration status for migrants from Sudan.
Yesterday's most horrifying news story has to be on ritual human sacrifice of children by witch doctors in Uganda. Some Christian organizations are trying to stop it.
Although the latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act is dead, Catholic activists are urging lawmakers to return to bipartisan work to improve the ACA, rather than partisan politicking.
ICYMI: An in-depth look at the hidden world of addiction and recovery among women religious.
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Opinion:
Fr. Tom Reese gives a brief semiotics lesson about signs and their signifiers to help understand all the kerfuffle about kneeling — in the NFL and sometimes in parishes.
Michael Sean Winters explains why the recent accusations of heresy against Pope Francis are part of a disturbing pattern.
Hurricanes, earthquakes, fire. It's hard not to get "compassion fatigue." Sr. Nancy Sylvester has some advice about how to deal with all the suffering we see in the news.
Speaking of hurricanes, did you see (or even share) that picture of a chainsaw-wielding nun after Hurricane Irma? A history professor explains why such images can be problematic.
